Run like the Wind!

After 11 long days of working, I finally had my long anticipated day off today! So yesterday, I had heard that there was to be a cabin girl surprise. I was thinking "oh, it's probably snowcones again". I was going to do a double feature with Brit in town. So Steph leaves me a note, because Thursday was her day off, saying "Katelyn, if you could check with the girls to see which ones would be interested in a possible cabin girl ride (*audible gasp from me*) then let me know the numbers tonight so I can tell Tye!
Well, needless to say, my plans changed quickly! Brit was very sweet about it, and we ended up having a sleepover in her room and falling asleep watching Clue. We awoke at 7:30 to the sounds of hungry wranglers and tired waitresses. After getting a little pick-me-up, we came back and "snuggled" watching the movie we'd tried so hard to stay awake for the night before. After a great catch-up with the fam, Brit and I walked and talked on the Jail road, which was very refreshing. We stopped to say hey to the babies and the mares, and Casanova of course (He's our stallion). About fifteen minutes before we were supposed to ride, it started to pour and hail. Steph had given Tye full permission to ixnay our ride for the wrangler's sake. He didn't want a wrangler to have to go out in miserable weather just for a staff ride. I normally love the rain and love to watch it, and for the first time, I was begging the rain to stop. And guess what: IT DID! There were five of us girls, plus our wrangler, Reid. It was a blast because it was so low key and Reid asked us what we wanted to do, where we wanted to go and so forth. We almost loped the whole way to the rock we were going to. Reid had a little scheme up his sleeve: Billy, one of the guys on maitenence, was proposing to his girlfriend today, and Reid knew it was on Turtle Rock. Laura, unknowingly said we should go there, and so we went, and were the first(besides Alex who had been taking pictures) to congratulate the couple on their engagement. They both could not stop grinning. I loved it! The ride was amazing. So much loping, and I had a great horse (Duke!) and we laughed the whole way, running through the creek and up the jeep road as fast as we could. All in all, a double feature can wait, but a day like today is once in a lifetime! From my bunkhouse to yours, Oooo-aaah!